How To Use Sheet Metal Forming Tool Solidworks

Applying forming tools to sheet metal parts.

How to use sheet metal forming tool solidworks.

This can be launched from the sheet metal toolbar. Two property boxes are contained within this command one for a stopping face in green and one for faces to be removed in red pink. When asked if you want all subfolders to be marked as forming tools folders click yes. Click forming tool sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal forming tool.

Forming tools from the design library are used only with sheet metal parts. Now let s use the forming tool command to identify the stopping face for the tool faces that need to be removed and the insertion point when the tool is applied. Saving the files in the design library forming tools as any soldiworks part sldprt sldlfp sldftp saving the files in any folder on your machine but saving it as a solidworks. The jog tool adds material to a sheet metal part by creating two bends from a sketched line.

Select the top face for the stopping face and the separated face as the face to remove. When you place the forming tool on the sheet metal part the faces that you selected for faces to remove are deleted from the. Select a face as the stopping face. Right click the folder and click forming tools folder.

Sheet metal parts display the sheet metal feature in the featuremanager design tree. You can add punch ids to forming tools for easier identification in punch tables. Click under sheet metal tab. Let s establish the insertion point.

This is available only in sheet metal parts with flatten bends1 and process bends1 features. In the propertymanager on the type tab. Corner reliefs and bend transitions. After you insert a forming tool in a model you can replace the forming tool with another one.

If forming tools folder is already selected omit this step. The file is now complete when saving the file there are two options. Open a sheet metal part and browse to the forming tools folder in the design library.